Suspect accused of killing Atlanta ‘water boy’ for more than $10 pleads guilty – WSB-TV Channel 2

ATLANTA — A suspect accused of shooting and killing another teenager for more than $10 while selling water has pleaded guilty to lesser charges.

The Fulton County Prosecutor’s Office said Terrell Anderson agreed to plead guilty to three counts of voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm in the death of Jalanni Pless.

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Anderson, who was 16 at the time, shot Pless off 8th Street on June 27, 2020, at a loading dock near a downtown apartment complex.

Investigators said the two men got into an argument after Pless made a $10 sale at the freeway entrance ramp near 10th Street. Anderson left and returned with a gun.

Video obtained by prosecutors showed Anderson chasing Pless and shooting him twice, killing the teen.

“More than $10?” Can you understand this? No, I don’t understand, because he offered the young man half of the $10. But instead of taking five, he took my baby’s life,” Tomeka Pless previously said. Channel 2’s Michael Seiden.

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Anderson ran to the Midtown MARTA station and took a train to the Five Points station to escape. He later turned himself in for murder.

He pleaded guilty to lesser charges, for which a judge sentenced him to 35 years in prison, with 30 years to serve.

“Mr. Anderson made a grave mistake by resorting to deadly violence at the age of 16, but his difficult upbringing deserved to be taken into consideration,” said Fulton DA Fani Willis. “The victim’s family did not want to go to trial and we worked to balance accountability and justice with this plea.”

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